Over 50 Still Missing Four Days After Tauktae Sank Barge Off Mumbai Coast

Cyclone Tauktae: The Navy is leading a massive, round-the-clock rescue effort that includes several of its ships, P-81 reconnaissance aircraft and Sea King helicopters

Over 50 ONGC workers are still missing four days after a barge that was carrying 261 people sank 35 nautical miles off the Mumbai coast as Cyclone Tauktae battered India's west coast. #CycloneTauktae#Update#SAR Ops - Barge P305.188 survivors incl two ex tug Varaprada rescued & 22 Brave #NaturesVictims#BNV recovered so far. #INSKochi returned to #Mumbai with survivors/ BNV.#IndianNavy#SAR effort continues for the remaining personnel.@DefenceMinIndiapic.twitter.com/qeETMnN8HE The Navy is leading a massive, round-the-clock rescue effort that includes several of its ships, P-81 reconnaissance aircraft and Sea King helicopters, as well as Coast Guard and ONGC vessels, to detect survivors from the sunken barge and other vessels stranded or affected by the storm. So far 186 people have been rescued and 26 bodies recovered from the wreck of barge P-305, which was one of three - the others were Gal Constructor and Support Station-3 - deployed by engineering firm Afcons for its ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) contract. All 137 people on Gal Constructor, which ran aground during the storm, were rescued Tuesday.